The Whore Next Door (2017)

As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.

'Airplane Mode' is a young adult movie that is about a woman who learns to step away from her smartphone, and from social media.

A teen comedy that nobody wants to see.

"Black Widow" has strong female characters but sidelines its title character and serves as a launchpad for her successor, Florence Pugh's Yelena.

'Barbarian' is horror infused with something ridiculous that makes the whole thing entertaining.